Seatrax has primarily built deepwater offshore drilling cranes for many years. In the deepwater drilling environment, the cranes typically run 24/7 under extreme dynamic conditions.

Drilling crane owners and operators are most concerned with costly crane maintenance and safety. The primary reason for these concerns are the shortcomings of the typical platform crane, being modified and adapted for the drilling environment. These shortcomings include rotation bearing and mounting bolt maintenance and failures, very small winches requiring periodic replacement or tear-down for inspection, inadequate winch breaking, anti-two blocking, wire rope maintenance and the overall corrosion resistance of the structure and equipment.

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